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Ruth Sellers

University of Cambridge
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Annual research review: Interparental conflict and youth psychopathology: An evidence review and practice focused update

GT Harold, R Sellers - Journal of child psychology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The quality of the interparental relationship is recognized as an important influence on child
and adolescent psychopathology. Historically, clinically oriented research on this topic has …

How can genetically informed research help inform the next generation of interparental and parenting interventions?

GT Harold, LD Leve, R Sellers - Child development, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
There is robust evidence that the interparental relationship and parenting behaviors each
have a significant influence on children's risk for emotional (internalizing) and behavioral (…

[HTML][HTML] Mental health resilience in the adolescent offspring of parents with depression: a prospective longitudinal study

…, G Hammerton, L Mahedy, R Sellers… - The Lancet …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Young people whose parents have depression have a greatly increased risk of
developing a psychiatric disorder, but poor outcomes are not inevitable. Identification of the …

Cross‐cohort change in adolescent outcomes for children with mental health problems

R Sellers, N Warne, A Pickles… - Journal of Child …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… Given recent evidence of increased impacts of child mental health problems on concurrent
functioning (Sellers et al., 2015), we hypothesized that child mental health problems would be …

Offspring of parents with recurrent depression: which features of parent depression index risk for offspring psychopathology?

…, D Smith, A Thapar, R Potter, R Sellers… - Journal of affective …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Parental depression is associated with an increased risk of psychiatric
disorder in offspring, although outcomes vary. At present relatively little is known about how …

Antecedents of new-onset major depressive disorder in children and adolescents at high familial risk

F Rice, R Sellers, G Hammerton, O Eyre… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Early-onset major depressive disorder (MDD) is common in individuals at high
familial risk of depression and is associated with poor long-term mental health, social, and …

Maternal depression and co‐occurring antisocial behaviour: Testing maternal hostility and warmth as mediators of risk for offspring psychopathology

R Sellers, GT Harold, K Elam… - Journal of Child …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background Disruption in the parent–child relationship is a commonly hypothesized risk
factor through which maternal depression may increase risk for offspring psychopathology. …

The role of fathers in child development from preconception to postnatal influences: Opportunities for the National Institutes of Health Environmental influences on …

E Jansen, K Marceau, R Sellers, T Chen… - Developmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A growing body of literature highlights the important role of paternal health and socioemotional
characteristics in child development, from preconception through adolescence. Much of …

Trends in child and adolescent mental health prevalence, outcomes, and inequalities

S Collishaw, R Sellers - Mental health and illness of children and …, 2020 - Springer
Child and adolescent mental health problems are common and have serious impacts on
wellbeing, relationships, education, and long-term health. A public health priority is to reduce …

Do parents know best? Parent-reported vs. child-reported depression symptoms as predictors of future child mood disorder in a high-risk sample

KJS Lewis, B Mars, G Lewis, F Rice, R Sellers… - Journal of Affective …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Parents with depression are thought to be unreliable reporters of children's
depression symptoms, but findings are contradictory and primarily focus on discrepancies …